nalu

Bulu (New Guinea)

Noun

nalu

water

References

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nalu- (“not knowing, unknown”), from Proto-Eskimo *naɫu- (“not knowing”). Compare naluvoq (“is ignorant, does not know”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.lu/

Noun

nalu

ignorance

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈna.lu/, [ˈnɐlu]

Noun

nalu

wave
surf

Verb

nalu

(intransitive) to form waves
(transitive) to ponder, speculate

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